Bellringer

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Bellringer

• Sit at the six tables with no more than FOUR at a
  table
• In your bellringer, answer the following
  questions
• What book do Muslims read?
• What do you call religions that believe in only
  one god?
• What do Christians think about Jesus?
• Get out your note packets. If you dont have it,
  do the best you can to take notes

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Buddhism
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Buddhism the teachings of the awakened one
(Gautama Buddha).
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Age

• Buddhism is one of the oldest religions in
  practice today.
• It was founded in 500 BC.

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People who follow Buddhism are called Buddhist.
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Where are Buddhist?There are about 708 million
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Expansion of Buddhism between 1st-10th century CE
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Core Beliefs

• Strive to put an end to the stress of existence
• A Buddha is any person who discovers the true
  nature of reality
• Want to have an understanding of the true nature
  of all things

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Central Figure Gautama Buddha
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Rebirth and Karma

• Lives can be in any of a large number of states
  of being, including those of humans, any kind of
  animal, and several types of supernatural beings.

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Your type of rebirth is dependent on your Karma
actions of the body, speech and mind.
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Six realmsincludes rebirth as a deva, an asura,
a human being, an animal, a hungry ghost, or a
being in Naraka (hell).
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Four Noble Truths

• Birth, aging, illness, death, ect. Are all
  suffering
• Suffering is caused by a craving for existence
  and things.
• Suffering ends when a person stops wanting an
  existence and things.
• You can end suffering by following the noble
  eight fold path.

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Right Mindfulness
Right Concentration
Right Speech
Noble Eightfold Path
Right View
Right Effort
Right Action
Right Livelihood
Right Intention
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Nirvana

• The extinguishment of all desires

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The Middle Way

• Avoiding all extremes
• Practicing
• moderation
• this is the path to Nirvana

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Bhikku a Buddhist monk
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People who follow Hinduism are called Hindus.
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Where are Hindus?
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Hinduism is a set of religious traditions and not
a single well-defined religion.
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Hinduism is one of the oldest religions in the
world.
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Hinduism is the third largest religion in the
world with over 1 billion followers.
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Some Hindus practice polytheism a belief in or
worship of more than one god.Other Hindus
practice henotheism a devotion to one god while
accepting the existence of others.
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Brahman

• Brahman is the supreme god of all gods. An
  eternal supreme spirit which can take many forms
  or manifestations of the thousands of gods.
• Reveals himself in three ways

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1 Brahma the creator of the world
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2 Vishnu preserver of the world
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3 Shiva destroyer of the world
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Hindus also believe in many smaller gods called
Devas.
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Basic Beliefs

• 1 Dharma natural law or reality the way of the
  higher truths. This is an ideal
• way of life.

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Basic Beliefs

• 2 Samsara a great revolving door between life
  and death (reincarnation)

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Basic Beliefs

• 3 Karma a sum of all that an individual has
  done, is currently doing and will do (actions)

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Basic Beliefs

• 4 Moksha release from reincarnation (salvation)
  by following one of four paths (yogas)

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Four Pursuits of life

• Moksha liberation from reincarnation
• Dharma righteousness
• Artha wealth
• Kama pleasure and love

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Religious Text called the Vedas
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Yoga integration of body, mind a spirit union
with the divine
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Aum represents Brahman
Swastika purity
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Tilaka a mark symbolizing faithalso worn by
married Hindu women may be used to identify
which tradition is followed
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Hindus worship in Temples
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Hindus worship in Temples
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Denominations (divisions)

• Hinduism is divided into four major divisions
• Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism.

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Conversion

• Hindus do not actively recruit new members
• (also called evangelizing).

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Hindus believe that the goals of spiritual life
can be attained through any religion, so long as
the religion is practiced sincerely.